Singapore Adventure: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

Christmas!!!

Oh, yes! The cool morning breeze. The festive decorations. The jolly Christmas tunes. You can really feel it that Christmas will soon be here once again. Which makes you miss home even more as the days go by.

Sigh.

Singapore Adventure: First Lechon Kawali Attempt (Conclusion)

It turned out quite wonderfully. The blisters on the skin were just right. The crunch was perfect. :)

It's just like those Friday nights when you pig out at Gerry's Grill or Dencio's. Garlic rice, sinful lechon kawali, and a nice vinegar dip. And of course, a great date. :)

Where's that To Cook list of mine? I have to scratch out Lechon Kawali because that's done, and I nailed it!

Singapore Adventure: First Lechon Kawali Attempt

Tonight, I will attempt to serve my very first lechon kawali for dinner. I know my Cookie will eat anything and is such a big fan of my cooking, but still the first attempt always drives me nuts!

I got this recipe from an internet cooking blog. And I hope contrary to my sister's advise that not all internet recipes turn out as expected, I will nail this one. :)

I have already completed the first half of the cooking process. Yesterday evening, I already boiled the strips of pork belly in crushed garlic, salt and pepper corn. After letting it cool, I put it in a container and popped them right back into the freezer. It will supposedly make a crunchier skin for the lechon kawali if you do this.

So all that's left for tonight is the (scary) deep-frying part. I hope I see the blisters on my lechon kawali and not on my arm. :P

Wish me luck! I'll post soon on how it turns out.

T.G.i.F. ^_^

Singapore Adventure: Ikea Dinera Plates in the Microwave

Can you put Ikea Dinera Plates in the microwave oven? Sure you can! I just did. And the output was extremely palatable. ^_^

Just look at the photos I took of the the finished product. Mouth-watering, huh?

It's a variation of my famous spaghetti. We still have some leftover spaghetti sauce, but not enough to make two plates of saucy spaghetti (spaghetti as the Cookies like it). And so, I thought of just putting the pasta, sauce and cheese in layers in my Ikea Dinera deep dish, popped it in the microwave for 8 minutes and served it for dinner.

It was delicious! Very delicious indeed. And this time I have evidence. ^_^

Two happy Cookie tummies!

Singapore Adventure: My First Taste of Chakali

A teammate who recently got back from his home visit brought us some Indian snack treats called chakali.

I dared myself to have a taste, and I wasn't disappointed. It is savoury and crunchy. The experience is like eating french fries. Actually, that's what I told my teammate, that it tasted like french fries. ^_^

Best part is the curry after taste. Or is it really curry? I am not quite sure. But what I am so sure of is my first chakli tasting experience gave me a huge craving for Polar curry puffs.

Got the photo from http://www.sukhadia.com/